Ansible SSMTP Role

Installs and configures ssmtp.

• installs ssmtp
• configures ssmtp
• manages
• configures service

Requirements

• This role requires Ansible 1.9 or higher.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml).

# The person who gets all mail for userids (UID < 1000, usually the admin)
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
# root=postmaster
# [email protected]
ssmtp_root: postmaster

# The authorization method to use.  If unset, plain text is used.
# May also be set to “cram-md5”.
# PLAIN
# LOGIN -> Using sSMTP with Gmail
# CRAM-MD5
ssmtp_auth_method: PLAIN 

# Email 'From header's can override the default domain?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
ssmtp_from_override: true

# Use SSL/TLS before starting negotiation
ssmtp_start_tls: true 
ssmtp_tls: true

# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no
# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
# The mail server (where the mail is sent to), both port 465 or 587 should be acceptable
# See also http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78799
ssmtp_server: mail

# The full hostname
ssmtp_hostname:

# The address where the mail appears to come from for user authentication.
# rewriteDomain=gmail.com
ssmtp_rewrite_domain:

# Username/Password
ssmtp_auth_user:
ssmtp_auth_pass:

Installation

Using ansible-galaxy:

$ ansible-galaxy install cleberjsantos.ssmtp

Using requirements.yml:

- src: cleberjsantos.ssmtp

Using git:

$ git clone https://github.com/cleberjsantos/ansible-ssmtp.git cleberjsantos.ssmtp

Example playbook using Gmail

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - cleberjsantos.ssmtp
  vars:
    ssmtp_root: [email protected]
    ssmtp_mailhub: smtp.gmail.com:587
    ssmtp_rewrite_domain: gmail.com
    ssmtp_auth_user: [email protected]
    ssmtp_auth_pass: password
  tags:
    - mail
    - gmail
    - ssmtp
    - sendmail

or

- hosts: all
  roles:
  - { role: ansible-ssmtp, ssmtp_root: "[email protected]",
      ssmtp_server: "smtp.gmail.com:587", ssmtp_rewrite_domain: "gmail.com", 
      ssmtp_auth_user: "[email protected]", ssmtp_auth_pass: "password", tags: [mail,gmail,ssmtp,sendmail] }

Example playbook using Mandrill

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - cleberjsantos.ssmtp
  vars:
    ssmtp_root: [email protected]
    ssmtp_auth_method: LOGIN
    ssmtp_mailhub: smtp.mandrillapp.com:587
    ssmtp_auth_user: [email protected]
    ssmtp_auth_pass: mandrill_api_key
  tags:
    - mail
    - mandrill
    - ssmtp
    - sendmail

or

- hosts: all
  roles:
  - { role: ansible-ssmtp, ssmtp_root: "[email protected]",
      ssmtp_server: "smtp.mandrillapp.com:587", ssmtp_auth_method: "LOGIN", 
      ssmtp_auth_user: "[email protected]", ssmtp_auth_pass: "mandrill_api_key", tags: [mail,mandrill,ssmtp,sendmail] }

License

GPLv2

Author Information

Cleber J Santos